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25 Cards in this Set
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Nomadic
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Migratory
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Certitude
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Total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
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Monstrous
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Distorted and unnatural in shape or size
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Prattle
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Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
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Pierce
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Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
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Hover
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Hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
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Oblivion
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The state of being disregarded or forgotten
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Combustible
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Capable of igniting and burning
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Topple
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Fall down, as if collapsing
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Tide
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The periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
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Mausoleum
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A large burial chamber, usually above ground.
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Solid
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Not soft of yielding to pressure
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Layer
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Single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
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Insert
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Introduce
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Sob
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Weep convulsively
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Pedant
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A person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
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Flail
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An implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; use in manual threshing.
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Hone
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Sharpen with a hone
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Arrange
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Put into a proper or systematic order
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Titter
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Laugh nervousley
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Anticipate
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Regard something as probable or likely
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Gather
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Assemble or get together
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Revealing
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Showing or making known
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Fume
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A cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
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Subsitute
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A person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
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